Multidetector-row CT of the appendix in healthy adults

Emergency Radiology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 248-253

  Johnson, Pamela T ^a   Eng, John ^a   Moore, Carolyn J ^a   Horton, Karen M ^a   Fishman, Elliot K ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adults; Appendix; Computed tomography; Multidetector row; Normals

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; FAT;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; APPENDIX DISEASE; ARTICLE; CECUM; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INTESTINE; KIDNEY DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33748170169     PISSN: 10703004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10140-006-0491-y     Document Type: Article

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